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SECTION 1. Section 19.03(a),
Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an
offense if the person commits murder as defined under Section 19.02(b)(1)
and:
(1) the person murders a
peace officer or fireman who is acting in the lawful discharge of an
official duty and who the person knows is a peace officer or fireman;
(2) the person intentionally
commits the murder in the course of committing or attempting to commit
kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson,
obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat under Section
22.07(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6);
(3) the person commits the
murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration or employs another
to commit the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration;
(4) the person commits the
murder while escaping or attempting to escape from a penal institution;
(5) the person, while
incarcerated in a penal institution, murders another:
(A) who is employed in the
operation of the penal institution; or
(B) with the intent to
establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a
combination;
(6) the person:
(A) while incarcerated for
an offense under this section or Section 19.02, murders another; or
(B) while serving a sentence
of life imprisonment or a term of 99 years for an offense under Section
20.04, 22.021, or 29.03, murders another;
(7) the person murders more
than one person:
(A) during the same criminal
transaction; or
(B) during different
criminal transactions but the murders are committed pursuant to the same
scheme or course of conduct;
(8) the person murders an
individual under 10 years of age; [or]
(9) the person murders
another person in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of
the other person as a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of
criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district
court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a justice
court, or a municipal court; or
(10) the person murders
another person in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of
the other person as a district attorney,
criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district
attorney.
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SECTION 1. Section 19.03(a),
Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an
offense if the person commits murder as defined under Section 19.02(b)(1)
and:
(1) the person murders a
peace officer or fireman who is acting in the lawful discharge of an
official duty and who the person knows is a peace officer or fireman;
(2) the person intentionally
commits the murder in the course of committing or attempting to commit
kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson,
obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat under Section
22.07(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6);
(3) the person commits the
murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration or employs another
to commit the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration;
(4) the person commits the
murder while escaping or attempting to escape from a penal institution;
(5) the person, while
incarcerated in a penal institution, murders another:
(A) who is employed in the
operation of the penal institution; or
(B) with the intent to
establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a
combination;
(6) the person:
(A) while incarcerated for
an offense under this section or Section 19.02, murders another; or
(B) while serving a sentence
of life imprisonment or a term of 99 years for an offense under Section
20.04, 22.021, or 29.03, murders another;
(7) the person murders more
than one person:
(A) during the same criminal
transaction; or
(B) during different
criminal transactions but the murders are committed pursuant to the same
scheme or course of conduct;
(8) the person murders an
individual under 10 years of age; [or]
(9) the person murders
another person in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of
the other person as a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of
criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district
court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a justice
court, or a municipal court; or
(10) the person murders
another person in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of
the other person as a prosecuting attorney,
as defined by Section 41.101, Government Code, or an assistant prosecuting
attorney, as described by Subchapter B, Chapter 41, Government Code.
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